Sophia Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to Sophia citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in Sophia.
How do you cite a book in the Sophia referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Sophia using placeholders:
Last Name, F. N. (2000). Title. (E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed.) (Edition.). City: Publisher.
So if we want to cite, for example, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joanne K. Rowling we’d do so like this:
Rowling, J. K. (1997). Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1st ed.). London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.
And an in-text citation book citation in Sophia looks like this:
(Rowling 1997)
How to reference a journal article in the Sophia citation style?
Here’s a Sophia journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author3 LastnameA. F. (2000). Title. Container, Volume(Issue), pages Used. doi:DOI
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann
in Sophia:
Petit, C., & Sieffermann, J. (2007). Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18(1), 161-172. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(Petit and Sieffermann 2007)
Citing a website in Sophia reference style
Here’s an Sophia example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA. F., & Author2 LastnameA. F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. https://www.example.com. Accessed 18 July 2019
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran, M. (2008, November 5). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. Accessed 18 July 2019
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(Tran 2008)
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How to cite a YouTube video Sophia
Here’s a Sophia citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName. (2000, January 1). Title. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. Accessed 18 July 2019
So how to cite a video Sophia?
Pixar. (2015, June 3). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. Accessed 18 July 2019
And an in-text video citation would look like this:
(Pixar 2015)
How to cite a podcast using Sophia referencing style
It is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Sophia.
Lastname, F. (2000, January 1). Title. Publisher. http://www.example.com. Accessed 18 July 2019
Podcast referencing example in Sophia using “This American Life” episode 640:
This American Life. (2018, March 2). 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. Accessed 18 July 2019
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(This American Life 2018)
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Sophia referencing style?
An example song citation in Sophia.
Lastname, F. (2000). Song Title. Album. http://www.example.com. Accessed 18 July 2019
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Sophia:
The Beatles. (1969). Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. Accessed 18 July 2019
And an in-text citation would look like this:
(The Beatles 1969)
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